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W. P & 0. W. HAMPTON.

RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED $EPT.7,1911

1,025,913. Patented May 7, 1912.

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RAIL.

APPLIQATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1911.

1,025,913. Patented May 7,1912.

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Specification of Letters ratent.

F ONE-THIRD TO ROBERT A. HAGGARD, O'F WAYNES- Patented May 7, 1912.

Application filed September 7, 1911. Serial Ito-348,121.

To all whom it may concern Be" it known that we, WILLIAM F. HAMP- TON and CHARLES W. HAMPTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Vvaynesboro,

in the county of Wayne and State'of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to. the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to rails and more particularly to a particular form of rail and switch.

The object of this invention is to provide a rail which can be readily taken apart without disturbing the adjacent rails, and also to provide a switch which will be limited in the number of its workingpart-s, and arranged so that it can be readily repaired and inspected whenever the same'is desirable. I

@ther objects of this invention will become apparent as it is more fully set forth. In the. accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example the embodiment of this invention, Figure 1 represents 1 a plan view of a railway track embodying this invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a View inelevation, partly in section along the line 3-3 of Fig. l; and Figs. 4 and 5 are details ofa perforated form of rail used in connection with this invention.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the construction shown inithe draw-' lugs, 1 represents the mam rails of a track at a railway crossing, which are mounted on sleepers and the road bed of the track in the usual manner. The rail 2 joining the in? ner rails of the track is, preferably mounted on a pivot 3, that permits said rail to rotate slightly'thereon and'come into engagement with the respective rail, upon which it is desired to direct the train comes along the tracks. of any suitable length, and of any desirable shape, but has its outer end portions provided with dove-tailed slots4, so that dove-- tailed plates 5, which are mounted on the road bed in any suitable manner, will slide readily therein. It will be noticed that this switch is alternately a part of the respective rail, of the track to which it is connected. that is, on some occasionsit is a part of the side track. and at other times as it. This rail can be a part of the rhil of'the'main tracln -as is course understood that the inner rails of the tracks must be cut away soas to permit of ready joining of the rail .2, whenthe same is placed in alinement therewith.

At the points of the crossing, the switch preferably consists of a pair of hinge'd rails 6. .The hinges are disposed, so /as to permit the rails to come' into alinement with the respective rails of the 'track into which the train is to be' guided, The hinges? clearly indicated in the drawings. It is of.

are preferably disposed at the single track portion of the tracks, or thatportion ot' the rails correspondin thereto.- .The outer portions of the hinge members Glare provided with dove-tailed grooves 8 therein and adapted to slide on the dove-tailed plates 9 in a manner similar to that of the rail 2.

A suitable transmission 10 connects the rail 2 andthe hinged members 6, so that these two portions of the track will be actuated together. This transmission preferably consists of a cable 11 that passes over suit-able pulleys 12 and connects with bothends of the rail 2, and an arm 13 suitably connected to the rail portions G'andarranged to actuate in connection with the cable ll. A. suitprovided on the upper porable handle 14 is tion of adrum 15 that is suitably connected to the arm; 13 and the rope 11 and serves as a means tor moving the rails together. Suitable sections of rails 16 are disposed between the rail part 2 and the movable sections 6 as indicated in the drawings, and are suitably cut to come into engagement with the parts in question when the same are actuated to come into alinement there with. I

The preferable form of rail usedin this device as shown in. Fig. 3, consists of a standard rail form that has its end portions alternately provided with a tongue 17, and a groove for the same 18,together. Wi'tlnt'he essential masses of metal to make the same. I The general action of the switch is so apparent as to not need any furtherdeScription, except thatit may be noted that the actuation of the handle I I will cause the rpil parts :2 to turn and come into alinement with the desired track, and atthe same time the hinged rail 6 will be moved into alinement with the same track.

Itwill'bc noted that the style of the switch here described eliminates the necessit of a special form of (Toss-m at its joining section. At the same time, this style There are manv other advanta e: a )arentto those slgilled in the art.

It is of course understood that anv suit-' able means may be, used for supporting the drum 15, the. handle 1-1 and the other parts I usually used-in connection therewith. Fig.

2 shows a preferred form of construction for this portion of the device.

Having thus described this what is claimed is y In combination with a railway switch having points hinged to both sides at the rails of a track, cross-overs, a frdg comprising invention,

a relativel} large flat plate. a rail uiemherro pirotally secured to the central portion of said plate, said member having dove-tailed grooves adjacent to the ends thereof, a pairt of dove-tail men'lbers disposed o and secured to said plate and adapted to fit into 25 said grooves and guide said members transversely across said plate, and means for actuating said rail memhen substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto allix 1:0 our signatures in the presence of two wit;- nesses.

WI LLIAM F. H AMPTON. CHARLES \V. HAMPTON.

\Vitnesses R. R. I-i/mmno W. D. YOUNG. 

